Tuesday, July 14, 2009
I AM SO ANGRY!
My tuition kid was so disrespectful.
I arrived 10 minutes earlier and so she was still eating. I went into the room first and when she came in later, she asked me what time I arrived. I told her I didn't know because I didn't look at the clock, then she blamed me for not looking at the time.
And I asked her where's her younger sis since it would be the sis's turn after hers. Then she said they had gone overseas and gave me an attitude like I was the one who had forgotten about it when they didn't inform me. I didn't even blame them for not telling me tuition time would be shortened.
She kept sms-ing throughout the whole lesson and even when I asked her to study for Chinese spelling. She took such a super long time to study. Seriously, I feel that she shouldn't even be studying spelling only when I am at her house. Imagine spending 1 and a half hour just sitting beside her to teach her spelling. But then, what to do since her previous tutor has set the trend?
When she was studying for spelling, I showed her the CD which I had bought for her sis yesterday. Then she asked me if I bought it. Of course I did and she questioned me back on why I buy it. They have always complained that Chinese is a boring subject and I tried to make it more fun by letting them play games, then now I got questioned?! Then she asked if I was lending them or giving it to them. I said it's just a loan because I want to use it for my American kids too. Then she said, "Chey, it's not even for me." So much for being nice.
Then I asked her to write corrections for the wrongly-written words 10 times each and she flared up! She even claimed that I am evil. What the hell. I told her her teacher's the real evil one because her school teacher gave her lots of homework and was particularly picky on the way they write the characters, which were stark contrasts of me, and she dared to claim that I am the evil one, when I don't even give her any homework (knowing she will never do them) and being exceptionally lenient when she wrote messily.
I gave her a second round of spelling and realised that she wrote some characters wrongly. So I told her the mistakes and she gave me an attitude, complaining, what kind of teacher I am not being able to spot mistakes. Everybody makes mistake and I can understand how kids pretend to know sometimes, but as events unfold, they make me boil. Anyway, some of the characters were only wrong during the 2nd round, so how could I have pointed them out?
She told me she couldn't understand her Chinese text and wanted me to go through those words, so I asked her to be quick so we can be finished with the spelling and learn some new things. But when I was explaining to her, she wasn't concentrating at all! She was the one who requested me to go through but when I was going through, she kept jumping to the next phrase/word. She thinks that being able to translate it works, but unfortunately, she doesn't even know how to use it. I tried to explain but she just kept going on. When I asked her back the meaning, she couldn't even answer and blame me for not explaining. Then when she could answer, she was bossy with no sign of wanting to learn. I tried to correct her and she told me what I said was a repetition of what she said. I told her there was a difference, but she insisted they are the same. It really made my blood boil! I am the tutor. If she is that smart, then don't hire a tutor! BAH.
And seriously, if the kids do not change their attitudes, they cannot learn. And seriously, I felt like slapping her.
here comes a piece of maple leaf =)
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